Advertising-sign.



H. E. COPIIN.

ADVERTISING SIGN.

APPLIoATIoN FILED 00T. 29, 190s.

933,531 Patented Sept. 7, 1909.

WTNESSES 5 /lVI/E/VTOR STATES PATENT OFFICE. y

HABRIET E.' COFF'IN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ADVERTISING-SIGN.

Patented Sept. 7,1909.

Application led October 29, 1908. Serial No. 460,073.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRIET E. COFFIN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and'useful Improvements in Advertising-Signs, of which the following is a full and clear specification.`

My invention relates to an advertising sign in which a pictorial representation of a i ure or figures, or other objects, or a part of the same, are illuminated, preferably intermittently, the picture in itself having some relatlon to the matter advertised, the object of the construction being to arrange in the picture, and as a part of 1t, an illumiintermittently controlled, arranged to be obp scured by the forward plane and to cast its' nating source throwing into relief or prominence the main background or body of the picture, and the light being obscured by parts forming the foreground of the picture. .'Io this end, l mount the parts of the picture in two planes, one forward of the other, and arrange between them a light, preferably light upon the main body vor rear portion of the picture.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l illustratesin front view a form of my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view thereof, the electric circuit being shown diagrammatically, and Fig. 3 is asimilarv View illustrating a modified form and omitting the circuit.` v I have chosen to illustrate my idea, a picture which may be sup osed to be used for advertising a brand o cigars, the picture illustrating a man with a cigar in his mouth and holding a match in` his hand. The picture will be preferably so' drawn as to receiveits light from a point in rear of the hand. Y' f Y Referring to Fig. 2, 1 is the main body of the icture and 2 the frame, 3 is an arm or l portlon arranged forward of the main body of the picture, and upon the forward part of which the hand or arm `3 of the figure (Fig. l) is portrayed. Immediately in rear of the arm 3, I mount a source of light, preferably an. electric globe in an electric .circuit- 5, carried through the picture to the back thereof, and controlled by a suitable switch, as for example the contmuously o -erated intermittent switch 6. It will be o lserved that when the circuit is broken the entire figure will be in relative obscurity or y allel or substantially so to the main body of.

the picture as shown in Fig. 3.

I It is apparent that many changes can bev made within the scope of the appended claims Without departing from the inven- .l

tion, the particular application shown being merely illustrative.

What I claim is- 1. A display. advertising apparatus com 75 prising a pictorial representation, divided into two members, mounted in two planes but both facing in one direction, and an illuminating device mountedl between the membersobscured by the forward member yand having its rays thrown upon the rear member.

2. A display advertising apparatus comprising a pictorial representation divided into two members, mounted in two lanes, but both facing in one direction, an llluminating means dlsposed between the two members, and means for effecting therefrom an intermittent illumination of the representa'- tion substantially for the purpose described.

HARRIET E. COFFIN. Witnesses:

HARRY E. KNIGHT, LAURA E. MoNK. 

